UPDATE – March 2020 – This event has been postponed due to global travel restrictions related to the Coronavirus. It may be rescheduled, at best to dates in Autumn 2020 or otherwise in 2021 or 2022. Further updates will be posted when received from the organisers.
The 15th Bratislava Symposium on Saccharides (15th BSS) will be held from June 8 to June 12, 2020, in Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. BSS have been regularly organized since 1978 by the Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, the renowned Central-European center for saccharides research.
SynBIOcarb supervisor Dr Jaroslav Katrlik is Chairing the Organising Committee for this excellent event.
The scientific program of the 15th BSS covers
principal aspects of recent advances in the areas as Chemistry & Synthesis
of Saccharides, Glycobiology & Glycomics, Glycans & Health,
Glycoconjugates & Glycomaterials and Structure & Analyses. Keynote
speakers confirmed up to date are Alexei Demchenko (University
of Missouri–St. Louis, USA), Maria Hrmova (University of
Adelaide, Australia, and Huaiyin Normal University, China), Wei Huang (Shanghai
Institute of Materia Medica, China), Anna Imberty (University
of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, France), Jaroslav Koča (Masaryk
University, Czechia), Vladimír Mastihuba (Institute of
Chemistry, SAS, Slovakia), Katarína Mikušová (Comenius
University, Slovakia), Gordon A. Morris (University of
Huddersfield, UK), Veronika Ostatná (Institute of Biophysics,
CAS, Czechia), Serge Perez (University of Grenoble Alpes,
CNRS, France), Evangelos Topakas (National Technical
University of Athens, Greece), Igor Tvaroška (Institute of
Chemistry, SAS, Slovakia), Dušan Uhrín (University of
Edinburgh, UK), Paula Videira (University NOVA, Portugal) and others. The scientific
program will include oral presentations,
flash communications and posters. Posters can be introduced also during
short one minute lightning talks session and best posters will get award.
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION IS MARCH 15, 2020
The Symposium will be traditionally held at
the Congress Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the Smolenice
Castle (situated 50 km north-east of Bratislava) at the foot of Small
Carpathian Mountains, the prominent wine region of Slovakia. The participants
can be accommodated at the conference venue. The social events will include
also welcome dinner
on Monday evening, sightseeing tour and Symposium Dinner on Wednesday afternoon
and farewell party on Thursday evening. Attractive
interiors of the Castle and beautiful natural surroundings provide a special
atmosphere for scientific discussions, relaxation and meeting friends. The
friendly informal atmosphere together with high scientific standard of the
Symposium make BSS popular among scientists from various fields interested in
glycosciences. The meetings also provide an unique opportunity for young
researchers to make their presentations and to establish the first
international contacts.
For more information go to https://www.saccharides.sav.sk/